Income tax calculator Kuwait
Find out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,734 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
*
118,463 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
0.2%
99.8%
Net pay
0.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
118,463 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 118,734 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.05 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
0.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.2% tax rate now rises to 0.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,424,808 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 1,421,553 KWD per year, or 118,463 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 0.2% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 770190
45.9%
1
Canada
KWD 669292
53.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
KWD 1280240
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
KWD 1183598
16.9%
2
Singapore
KWD 1113980
21.8%
3
Indonesia
KWD 964311
32.3%
4
Thailand
KWD 930357
34.7%
5
Pakistan
KWD 927497
34.9%
6
Vietnam
KWD 926629
35.0%
7
Philippines
KWD 886728
37.8%
8
New Zealand
KWD 872402
38.8%
9
Taiwan
KWD 862621
39.5%
10
Malaysia
KWD 846590
40.6%
11
China
KWD 792365
44.4%
12
Japan
KWD 775981
45.5%
13
Australia
KWD 761047
46.6%
14
South Korea
KWD 752189
47.2%
15
India
KWD 230931
83.8%
16
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Latin America
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 1261309
11.5%
1
Brazil
KWD 1033158
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 959880
32.6%
3
Panama
KWD 953100
33.1%
4
Mexico
KWD 927605
34.9%
5
Argentina
KWD 926123
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 922884
35.2%
7
Colombia
KWD 876335
38.5%
8
Peru
KWD 875113
38.6%
9
Uruguay
KWD 873747
38.7%
10
Chile
KWD 862371
39.5%
11
Ecuador
KWD 816990
42.7%
12
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Africa
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 1036601
27.3%
1
Kenya
KWD 997521
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
KWD 971817
31.8%
3
Nigeria
KWD 969193
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 942816
33.8%
5
Mozambique
KWD 926803
35.0%
6
Zambia
KWD 876346
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 867872
39.1%
8
Morocco
KWD 864110
39.4%
9
Senegal
KWD 855236
40.0%
10
South Africa
KWD 786696
44.8%
11
Uganda
KWD 784740
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 1421553
0.2%
1
Saudi Arabia
KWD 1420390
0.3%
2
Bahrain
KWD 1407820
1.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 1353568
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 1353568
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 1310823
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 1068691
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 1068664
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 829881
41.8%
9
Israel
KWD 719918
49.5%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.
NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.
NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.